> I'm not sure Martha Stewart actually did "hard time" - she spent what, a few months in jail? Try 10-20 years. From what I recall of studies, and also from wh

> I'm not sure Martha Stewart actually did "hard time" - she spent what, a few months in jail? Try 10-20 years. From what I recall of studies, and also from what I've heard from criminal defense lawyers, sending someone to jail for even very short amount of times is likely to have a meaningful effect on their behavior. Even sending a white-collar defendant to jail for a few hours can win a lot of cooperation from them; and studies seem to indicate that there's no meaningful difference between a year in prison and 20 years in prison.